Govt creates ministry of cooperation to boost cooperative movement

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 6

The government on Tuesday created a Ministry of Cooperation to boost the Indian cooperative movement and give a fillip to indigenous enterprise.

India's first minister of cooperation will also be sworn in on Wednesday once the Union Cabinet reshuffle takes place and the new ministers take the oath of office at the Durbar Hall in President House.

Sources said the new ministry of Cooperation will work to realise the vision of "Sahkar se Samriddhi" and will provide a separate administrative, legal and policy framework to boost the cooperative movement in the country.

"The development will aid the deeping of the cooperatives as true people based movements with benefits going down to the grassroots. The ministry will be mandated to streamline the processes for the ease of doing business for cooperatives and ultimately aim to broaden and strengthen the multi state cooperatives," said top government sources.